Keith Vodden Dr. Douglas Smith - Transports Canada

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INTRODUCTION
This report presents findings from the Analysis and Estimation of the Social Cost
of Motor Vehicle Collisions in Ontario. 1 The report covers the results of all phases of the
study related to data acquisition, modeling, estimation, and validation.
The report is structured as follows:
• Chapter II provides an overview of the social cost model and its results.
• Chapter III provides details on the core Ontario model, data and adjustments.
• Chapter IV presents the social costs of motor vehicle collisions occurring in
Ontario in 2004 as estimated by the core Ontario model.
• Chapter V provides an overview of four sub-models of Ontario collisions, their
data, adjustments and social costs. These sub-models cover particular sub-sets of
Ontario collisions occurring in 2004:
- Drinking and driving collisions.
- Pedestrian involved collisions.
- Large truck collisions.
- Freeway collisions. (Separate calculations are provided for social costs and
costs to government only.)
• Chapter VI gives an overview of the Canadian jurisdictions model. Data,
adjustments and social costs are presented for the 13 jurisdictions in Canada and
for all of Canada.
Appendices cover:
• Appendix A—Detailed Calculations of the Ontario Model. This appendix
identifies how data are used in the core model and all assumptions that are made.
• Appendix B—Changing the Model. Features of the model are described.
Examples are presented to test alternative scenarios or to update the model for
future collision information. Further it describes how to make changes to the
parameters of the model.
• Appendix C—Discounted Future Earnings. Details on the methods to estimate
this alternative value for human consequences are provided.
1 This study was commissioned by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Transport Canada and the
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. A Steering Committee of representatives from these
organizations was instrumental to the success of the study.
TNS Canadian Facts, Social and Policy Research 1